AGC: Study Finds No Need for OFCCP's Proposed Hiring Mandates

A review of government enforcement data finds no justification for costly and complex new rules governing the hiring of veterans and people with disabilities being proposed by the Office of Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). The analysis found that significantly less than one percent of federal contractors covered by the rule may have discriminated against a veteran or person with a disability at any point in the past eight years.

“Federal officials have found an extremely expensive way to solve a problem that barely exists,” said Brian Turmail, the spokesman for the Associated General Contractors of America, which helped sponsor the review. “The real problem is that our stagnant economy has left too many workers of all types unemployed for too long.”

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